BIRD AMBULANCE ON A CYCLE
The only Bird Ambulance service in India on a cycle is pioneered by a 50 year old Social Worker Prince Mehra aka Manjeet Singh.
TWITTERATI REACTS TO IVANKA TRUMP’S POST ON JYOTI KUMARI
Ivanka Trump on Friday tweeted the viral story of an Indian girl who undertook a distressed journey back home on a bicycle. Within hours, it became one of the top trending tweets.
BICYCLES COME TO THE FORE
A number of cycling stories emerged in the last 2 months. Reports of cycle brands rejigging their factories to produce face mask and governments implementing pop-up cycle lanes.
ZERO STONE IN PUNE
Zero Stone in Pune city is perhaps the smallest monument of historic significance. The installation can be spotted on the footpath positioned close to the boundary wall of the General Post Office (GPO).
CYCLE MUSEUM IN PUNE
Vikram Pendse Cycle Museum in Pune is a time travel to history of bicycles with an elaborate display of handpicked collection making it an ideal place to visit for every passionate vintage artefacts lover. In a quaint street of Karvenagar, Pune, stands a three storey structure housing a bicycle museum. The Vikram Pendse Cycle Museum came into being on May […]
SPIRITUAL WALK INSIDE OSHO GARDEN
A mind full of chatter, distracted with things to do, follow-ups, commitments, materialistic goals, and all other worries were temporarily laid to rest as I set out on a spiritual walk inside Osho Garden.
BLADES OF GLORY CRICKET MUSEUM
Of all the museums I have visited so far, Blades of Glory is the ‘Smallest’ yet the ‘Biggest’. Confused! Sounds like a googly? Don’t call for a ‘DRS’ as I will shed more light on this.
CYCLE TO CAFE IRANI CHAII AND GET 10% DISCOUNT
When the British departed India, they left behind a legacy of ‘Tipping’. It means, a customer voluntarily offers a sum of money after availing a service. Typically, this culture is more prevalent in hotel industry. Tipping an American worker is appreciated as informal wages is an accepted idea. But in Japan, it’s against their etiquette’s as their philosophy believes good […]
BICYCLE RIDE TO MANI BHAVAN – GANDHI MUSEUM
When U.S President Barack Obama accompanied by the first lady Michelle Obama visited the Mahatma Gandhi’s house ‘Mani Bhavan’ in 2010 he quoted “Gandhi is a hero not just to India, but to the entire world”. Obama, an ardent admirer of Gandhi had written this in a visitors book at Mani Bhavan.
CYCLING IN BORIVALI NATIONAL PARK
At very few places in the world you will find a forest which has survived urban development and continues to thrive in the middle of the city. Sanjay Gandhi National Park more often referred as ‘Borivali National Park’ is a blessing for a metropolis city of Mumbai which is clogged with humans, residential towers, vehicles, commercial establishments and more humans. […]
